Wall rack for planes

In my small shop space is hard to come buy so I decided to build something to hold my bench planes. This design was in Finewoodworking number 209 and I like it over some of the other designs I looked at. My wall wouldn’t allow bottom shelf but it was easy enough to subtract it from the plans and I already have a wall shelf below.

That is a wonderful rack, I love the leather stings, I will consider this when I rebuild my shopwall, I think it is elegant and it takes minimum space. Does it hang all straight or with a slight angel?(Its not all different from what I do http://lumberjocks.com/projects/33850 ).Best thoughts,Mads

Looks great. I could not help but notice that you have two Stanley Sweetheart blocks planes. Any difference between the two? (that’s got to be one of my favorite production planes, it so comfortable to use)

Hey Keith the wood I used is ambrosia maple. I bought about 75 bf of it from a local guy who had it sitting for 5 or 10 years. Some of it’s useless but the price was right and it works great for shop stuff. This being a new space for me it’s worked out great.

Mafe The rack is tilted back. If you take a look at the second pic you can kind of see it. At first I thought the slight angle wouldn’t do much but now that it’s up I find it works well.

I would agree. The 62 is very nice. I was happy to see LN makes a replacement blade for it. I made a few tables using End cuts and the 62 did a great job finishing them off. The 6 and 8 Planes I don’t use as much. They were my grandfathers and I just haven’t found the time to really tune them up like some of the others.

I just invested in some Byrd shelix cutterhead for my planer and Jointer and so far with a good plane or scraper I can get away without sanding on some pieces.

You need to have enough extra slack shoe lace or it’s hard to wiggle out/in. I’d say after 5/10 times you no longer even notice. This really is only an issue for 5-8 planes. The smaller ones are easy. The angle of the base really hold most of the weight.